Monday, July 23, 2007

vote for romney, vote for moroni

the conversation went something like this:

harry potter weekender #1: so who do you think will get the GOP nomination?harry potter weekender #2: not giuliani.harry potter weekender #3: ugh. please not giuliani.hpw #2: it'll be romney.harry potter weekendr#4: really?ding: no way. not if they want and need the evangelical vote. say what you will about the fundamentalist, but they know their bible. there is no way in hell they'd vote for a mormon.

hpw #2: i don't know. at one point they seemed to like giuliani.ding: yeah, because he's catholic. everyone knows catholic. but mormon? no way. let me put it this way. they'd rather vote for someone jewish than a mormon. jews are familiar. jews are the Chosen!hpw#3: exactly. judaism is an incomplete part of christianity. and, eventually, they get saved, too.ding: exactly. after the rapture and the tribulation, of course, but they get saved. it's the whole point.

(silence)

hpw #4: i am constantly surprised at the two of you and your fundamentalist, whacko childhoods.

(laughter)

hpw #1: but mormons and christians worship the same God.ding: nope. fundamentalists and evangelicals know there is a huuuge difference between mormonism and christianity. they wouldn't vote for a jehovah's witness, either.hpw #4: for me, the issue is romney used to be pro-choice! and now he's not?ding: exactly, where are the flip flops for him?

hpw #2: then what'll they do? vote for hillary? i think not.ding: they'll sit it out. they won't vote.hpw #3: they won't vote.hpw #2: i think that unlikely.ding: not as unlikely as it is to expect a true evangelical, fundamentalist, southern baptist christian to compromise on their doctrine. again, say what you will about the fundies, but they know doctrine and they know that being a mormon isn't the same as being a christian or even a muslim. they think it's a cult. whacky.

hpw #2: what if romney had a running mate who was normal?ding: well, that's different. but romney's still a whacko mormon. to, uh, the average evangelical, that is.

hear that, democrats??all you have to do is present folks with this choice: an adulterous, pro-choice catholic or an untested, flip-flopping mormon.we win!